:: Robin Sharma

Keep at it. Relentlessly

By Robin Sharma

Feb 13 : Imagine Lance Armstrong stopping his spectacularly disciplined daily practice regimen and still hoping to win the Tour de France. Imagine Steve Nash giving up his crushing daily workouts and post-game analyses and still expecting to be in his finest form. Just think about Tiger relaxing his extraordinary commitment to never-ending refinement and improvement of his golf game. Ridiculous, you say. And yet how many of us, on the playing field of business and life, are devoted to consistent daily practice? Few.

How can you get better if you don’t practice? Success doesn’t just occur. Brilliant results don’t just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice. To get to world class, you need to work at it. Daily. Relentlessly. Passionately.

Just hoping you’ll get to be great as a leader (and human being) is nothing more than magical thinking. It’s a waste of time. Remember the 1 per cent wins. A few little improvements each day, the result of your daily practice, amount to staggering results over time. Athletes get better through practicing their sport. Leaders get better by cultivating their craft. By elevating their skills. By deepening their impact. By consciously stepping toward their mountaintops. Until they get there.

— Excerpted from The Greatness Guide 2 by Robin Sharma. Published by Jaico Publishing House,

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